FTX has filed a lawsuit in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware against some of the investment firms it had ties to before its collapse. The suit, filed June 22, contains 16 counts and seeks over $700 million from the defendants.

The lawsuit filing names as defendants incubator and investment company K5 Global, Mount Olympus Capital and SGN Albany Capital, as well as affiliated entities and K5 Global co-owners Michael Kives and Bryan Baum. Kives is a former agent for the CAA talent agency and a former aide to Hilary Clinton. The suit noted the then-CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), attended a social event hosted by Kives in 2022:

“True to Kives’s reputation as a high-profile ‘super-networker,’ the attendees at the dinner party included a former Presidential candidate, top actors and musicians, reality TV stars and multiple billionaires.”

Subsequently, the suit alleged, FTX-affiliated crypto trading firm Alameda Research transferred $700 million to Kives, Baum and K5 Global, but they constructed the deals as coming from shell companies SGN Albany and Mount Olympus Capital.

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The suit seeks the return of funds transferred from Alameda Research that ended up in SGN Albany Capital and funds transferred from Kives, Baum and SGN Albany Capital to Mount Olympus Capital.

The transfers were described as being carried out “without receiving equivalent value” and, crucially, as avoidable. In U.S. bankruptcy law, an avoidable transaction is one that can be reversed under the Bankruptcy Code or other laws.

FTX moves to claw back $800 million from K5 Global, Olympus Capital, SGN Albany et al.

Defendants are further accused of aiding and abetting SBF, dishonest assistance and unjust enrichment. pic.twitter.com/IPcDEtuFxL

— FTX 2.0 Coalition (@AFTXcreditor) June 22, 2023

Kives, Baum and SBF also devel

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Author: Derek Andersen

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